Improvement in iron platforms for wagons



W. B. ROMIG. Iron Platform for Wagons.

No. 206,042. Patented July 16, I878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEIEGE.

W'ILLIAM B. ROMIG, OF LEHIGHTON, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHARLES H. WEISS, OF EGKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRON PLATFORMS FOR WAGONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,042, dated ly 1 I 7 appli ati filed J nne 17, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. ROMIG, of Lehighton, in the county of Carbon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Iron Platforms for Wagons, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved iron platform. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is adetail under-side view of the middle part of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish platforms for wagons which shall be so constructed that they may be made of any desired shape or style, as the kind of wagon to which they are to be applied may require.

The invention consists in a Wagon-platform formed by the combination of the two iron bars with the spring-block, the three connecti n g-blocks, the socket-plate, and the fifth-wheel, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the spring-block, which is made of wood, and of such a shape and sizeas the kind or size of the spring to be attached to it may require.

To the forward side of the spring-block A is bolted the middle part of the ironbar B. The bar B, at the ends of the block A, is bent inward and upward, and then horizontal until its parts nearly meet, and the said parts are then bolted to the opposite sides of a short wooden block, 0. From the block 0 the-parts of the bar B incline outward, are bent downward and then outward, and are bolted to the outer sides of the Wooden blocks D.

To the upper side of the wooden block 0 is bolted a plate, E, which is provided with a socket to receive the king-bolt.

To the rear side of the spring-block A is bolted the middle part of the bar or rod F, the parts of which, at the ends of the said spring-block A, are bent inward, and cross and are welded to each other below the kingbolt. From the point of crossing the parts of the rod F incline outward, and are bolted to the inner sides of the wooden blocks D. Upon the forward ends of the bars B F are formed lugs to receive the thill-irons of the shafts or pole. To the lower sides of the blocks D are attached fastenings for the springs. To the horizontal parts of the bar B is secured, by U- rivet-s or other suitable fastenings, the fifthwheel G. The angles in the parts of the bar B, in front and rear of the fifth-wheel G, enable the platform to be made of any desired height. The bars B F may be made of flat, square, or round iron, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, 1. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A wagon-platform formed by the combination of the iron bars B F with the springblock A, the connecting-blocks G D D, the socket-plate E, and the fifth-wheel G, substantially as herein shown and described.

WILLIAM B. ROMIG.

Witnesses HENRY J. BRETNEY, SMITH FLEMING. 

